Despite President Biden’s brief renewed pledge in his State of the Union address to push for a “pathway to citizenship” for Dreamers, farmworkers and essential workers, the prospect for immigration reform seems more remote than ever.
that an Obama-era program called DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which provided undocumented immigrants like Escobar with temporary legal status — was unlawful, Biden moved to reinstate it.pausing the construction of the wall
But his efforts to protect Dreamers fizzled in the face of fierce resistance from the courts and from Republicans in Congress. After he ordered the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate DACA, a federal judge in Texas blocked it, ruling that the move exceeded the president’s legal authority.
“You had a previous Republican president who had no problem issuing countless executive orders when it comes to immigration.
Last March, she applied for DACA status in Texas under the Obama-era program. But her application was thrown out when U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas ruled that the program was illegal and ordered aProtesters at the White House demand citizenship for immigrants, Oct. 7, 2021.